Class of 2011; Language skills

sixsixty
Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:31:12 +0000

Finally someone else (potentially) from the Class of 2011!:)

I’m an intl with relatively good English, and the one thing I had to make myself stand out was competitive Scrabble. I know, I know, competitive scrabble sound stupid and all, but I became the best high school player in my country, and was nomionated to represent my country in Australia, within a year of starting so it must have been impressive(probably akin to winning the spelling bee, albeit on a smaller scale).

For a person with gifts in Spanish i’d suggest things like joining essay writing competitions, perhaps speech & drama in spanish, tutoring/mentoring other students in Spanish. They’re nothing special individually, but put them together and they show commitment, which is truly something special in this day and age where many high school students are committed to nothing but filling their applications with fluff and pomp.